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Detailed Description of the VPS/PDC Function
VPS is a service provided by the public TV station. When you select a VPS-compatible TV station and
activate the VPS function, the beginning and the end of the timer recording will be controlled by the TV
station. Any program air time delays will be taken care of. The private TV companies have not provided this
service yet. Thus, please turn OFF the VPS function when performing timer recordings of programs aired by
private TV stations.
Example: Assume you want to record a sports event that is scheduled to be aired from 21:00 to 23:00 and
perform your timer programming accordingly. However, the beginning of the sports event is postponed to
21:30 so that the program will now end at 24:00. Using the VPS function, you can still make sure that the
entire TV program is recorded.
The user's timer programming setting:
Actually, however, the sports event is aired from
21:30 to 24:00.
Recording without VPS function:
Recording with VPS function:
When you perform the timer programming be sure to observe the following points:
1.) Date and time should be correctly set.
2.) Set the starting time precisely to the minute according to the data in the TV program magazine (not a
single minute earlier or later); otherwise an automatic recording will not be possible.
3.) If an additional 2nd time is specified in parentheses, which in most cases is explicitly stated as "VPS time",
make sure to enter only this time data.
4.) The starting time of the subsequent TV program is considered to be the end time of the recording.
5.) If you program the recording of several subsequent TV programs, enter the start and end times
separately for each TV program. It is not sufficient to solely enter the start time of the first and the end time
of the last program (in this case only the first program will be recorded unless the VPS function is turned off).
Please look up in your TV program magazine which TV stations transmit the VPS signal. A VPS on-screen
indication (during auto search) does not mean that the respective TV station is actually VPScompatible.
Therefore, make sure to turn OFF the VPS function if you want to make timer recordings of programs aired
by a station that is not VPS-compatible. Otherwise, the TV program will not be recorded in its entirety.
It is preferable to deactivate the VPS function even for VPS-compatible TV stations — at least it
simplifies the programming procedure — if you want to record several programs of the same TV
station in direct sequence.
For instance: at 20:00, recording of the "Tagesschau" news program,
subsequently, at 20:15, recording of a movie,
and subsequently, from 21:45 to 22:45, recording of a sports program.
Using the VPS function, enter the start and end times of each
program separately; however, if the VPS function is turned OFF, it
will be sufficient to enter the start time of 20:00 and the end time of 22:45.
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